Alex Hugo Tian v Willoughby City Council [2017] NSWLEC 1749

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Alex Hugo Tian v Willoughby City Council [2017] NSWLEC 1749 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 22 December 2017 Date of orders: 02 January 2018 Decision date: 02 January 2018 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Martin SC Decision: See (4) below Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Alex Hugo Tian(Applicant) Willoughby City Council(Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Mr G Christmas, APEX Planning and Environment Law (Applicant) Mr J Merlino, HWL Ebsworth (Respondent) File Number(s): 2017/173448 Publication restriction: No

Judgment 1. COMMISSIONER: In this matter, at or after a conciliation conference, an agreement under s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (the Court Act) was reached between the parties as to the terms of a decision in the proceedings that was acceptable to the parties. As the presiding Commissioner, I was satisfied that the decision was one that the Court could have made in the proper exercise of its functions (this being the test applied by s 34(3) of the Court Act). As a consequence, s 34(3)(a) of the Act required me to "dispose of the proceedings in accordance with the decision". 2. The Court Act also required me to "set out in writing the terms of the decision" (s 34(3)(b)). The orders made to give effect to the agreement constitute that document. 3. In making the orders to give effect to the agreement between the parties, I was not required to make, and have not made, any merit assessment of the issues that were originally in dispute between the parties. 4. The final orders to give effect to the parties' agreement under s34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 are: 1. Leave is granted to the Applicant to rely on the following amended set of plans: Drawing Number Drawing Title Revision Prepared By Dated S34-02 Floor Plans F Cracknell & Lonergan Architects 31/10/17 S34-03 Roof Plan F Cracknell & Lonergan Architects 31/10/17 S34-04 Elevations (front and rear) F Cracknell & Lonergan Architects 31/10/17 S34-05 Elevations (western and eastern) F Cracknell & Lonergan Architects 31/10/17 S34-06 Section AA, BB F Cracknell & Lonergan Architects 31/10/17 S34-07 Materials/Finishes F Cracknell & Lonergan Architects 31/10/17 S34-09 Waste Management Plan F Cracknell & Lonergan Architects 31/10/17 16/1880 Landscape Plan C Paul Scrivener Landscape Architecture 02.11.17